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Elsa Schiaparelli, known as the Queen of Fashion, was the supreme innovator of dress design in the first half of the 20th century. Based in Paris, she seemed to know what women wanted before anyone else, says author Meryle Secrest. But Secrest's new <em>Elsa Schiaparelli: A Biography </em>begins with the designer's emotionally starved, lonely childhood in a vast palazzo in Rome.<p>"What one has to understand about her was, that she had a very, very unpromising facade," Secrest says. "She really didn't crack a smile. She really didn't show a frown. She was impassive on the surface.Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:14:00 +0000Jacki Lyden52949 at http://publicradioeast.org'Schiaparelli': The Shocking, Shadowed Life Of A Fashion IconFor 'Women In Clothes,' It's Not What You Wear, It's Why You Wear Ithttp://publicradioeast.org/post/women-clothes-its-not-what-you-wear-its-why-you-wear-it
It can be hard to talk about clothes in an intelligent way. Fashion critic Kennedy Fraser once wrote in <em>The New Yorker</em> that the act of donning a garment can seem almost furtive or trivial, something beneath debate or intellectual content. The editors of <em>Women in Clothes</em> would agree that it's a challenge.Thu, 04 Sep 2014 07:30:00 +0000Jacki Lyden50265 at http://publicradioeast.orgFor 'Women In Clothes,' It's Not What You Wear, It's Why You Wear ItA Modern Twist On Mexican Tradition Hits The Runwayhttp://publicradioeast.org/post/modern-twist-mexican-tradition-hits-runway
In a small shed in Tenancingo, Mexico, partly open to the sky, about a half-dozen men stand behind huge wooden looms. They pedal side-by-side, their churning feet making a beautiful harmony as they craft handmade <em>rebozos.</em><p><em>Rebozos</em>,<em> </em>long rectangular shawls that came into style in Mexico in the 16th century, and the <em>huipil, </em>a woven and embroidered blouse or dress of pre-Columbian origin, are the main elements of Mexican traditional dress.<p>Today <em>rebozos</em> and <em>huipiles</em> bridge the past and future of Mexican garments.Sat, 28 Jun 2014 09:31:00 +0000Jacki Lyden45100 at http://publicradioeast.orgA Modern Twist On Mexican Tradition Hits The RunwayThe Art Of A Lost American Couturier, On Display At The Methttp://publicradioeast.org/post/art-lost-american-couturier-display-met
Thursday in New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art officially reopens its fashion galleries after a $40 million, two-year renovation.<p>Named for <em>Vogue</em> magazine's editor, the Anna Wintour Costume Center features an inaugural exhibit of the work of Charles James, a flamboyant designer considered America's first couturier.Thu, 08 May 2014 07:07:00 +0000Jacki Lyden40830 at http://publicradioeast.orgThe Art Of A Lost American Couturier, On Display At The MetThe Ebony Fashion Fair: Changing History On The Catwalkhttp://publicradioeast.org/post/ebony-fashion-fair-changing-history-catwalk
The Johnson Publishing Company, and its flagship publication, <em>Ebony Magazine,</em> helped to fashion the black middle-class in America for five decades. For 50 years, from 1958 until 2009, the Ebony Fashion Fair traversed the country.<p>The coast-to-coast show was a pageant of haute couture that created aspirations wherever it went. It was a rite of passage for black women, who flocked to it.Sat, 15 Feb 2014 10:14:00 +0000Jacki Lyden34408 at http://publicradioeast.orgThe Ebony Fashion Fair: Changing History On The CatwalkViolence Abroad Threatens Students, As Do Guns At U.S. Schoolshttp://publicradioeast.org/post/violence-abroad-threatens-students-do-guns-us-campuses
Last year, there were more than two-dozen shootings on or near college campuses in the United States. This past Tuesday, that number went up, with <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=265259128">the fatal shooting of a student at Purdue University</a>. Then Friday, <a href="http://www.npr.org/2014/01/25/266014201/suspect-arrested-charged-in-fatal-campus-shooting">a fatal shooting at South Carolina State University</a>.Sat, 25 Jan 2014 17:00:00 +0000Jacki Lyden32823 at http://publicradioeast.orgViolence Abroad Threatens Students, As Do Guns At U.S. SchoolsPoems As 'Stepping Stones': Remembering Seamus Heaneyhttp://publicradioeast.org/post/poems-stepping-stones-remembering-seamus-heaney
The poet Seamus Heaney died Friday. Heaney won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995 and has been described as the "most important Irish poet since Yeats." Heaney was 74 years old. Host Jacki Lyden spoke to Heaney in 2008, and has this remembrance.Sun, 01 Sep 2013 21:04:00 +0000Jacki Lyden22374 at http://publicradioeast.org'Heart' Of Iranian Identity Reimagined For A New Generationhttp://publicradioeast.org/post/heart-iranian-identity-reimagined-new-generation
A thousand years ago, a Persian poet named Abolqasem Ferdowsi of Tous obtained a royal commission to put the ancient legends and myths of Iran into a book of verse.<p>He called this epic <em>Shahnameh,</em> or "Epic of the Persian Kings." It took him more than three decades and comprises 60,000 couplets — twice the length of <em>The</em> <em>Iliad</em> and <em>The</em> <em>Odyssey</em> combined.<p>Author Azar Nafisi, who wrote the memoir <em>Reading Lolita in Tehran, </em>says the importance of this foundational myth epic to Iranians can't really be overstated.<p>"My father always told me thatSun, 25 Aug 2013 20:52:00 +0000Jacki Lyden21851 at http://publicradioeast.org'Heart' Of Iranian Identity Reimagined For A New GenerationFlorida's Highwaymen Painted Idealized Landscapes In Jim Crow Southhttp://publicradioeast.org/post/floridas-highwaymen-painted-idealized-landscapes-jim-crow-south
Transcript <p>JACKI LYDEN, HOST: <p>And if you're just joining us, this is WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Jacki Lyden.<p>In the winter of 2012, I came across a story on a drive through central coastal Florida in the town of Fort Pierce.Sat, 10 Aug 2013 21:33:00 +0000Jacki Lyden20778 at http://publicradioeast.orgAudio As Art At New York Exhibithttp://publicradioeast.org/post/audio-art-new-york-exhibit
Transcript <p>(SOUNDBITE OF ARPEGGIO)<p>JACKI LYDEN, HOST: <p>Arpeggios ricochet through three speakers and envelop us. We're on the modernist Bauhaus staircase at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, listening to techno-inspired electronica. This piece is part of a new exhibit, "Soundings: A Contemporary Score," that opens today.<p>BARBARA LONDON: I wanted work that pushed limits, pushed boundaries.<p>LYDEN: That's curator Barbara London. She invited 16 young artists from around the world to participate here.Sat, 10 Aug 2013 21:10:00 +0000Jacki Lyden20776 at http://publicradioeast.orgBespoke Suits And Perfect Cravats At 'Dandy' Exhibithttp://publicradioeast.org/post/bespoke-suits-and-perfect-cravats-dandy-exhibit
When you hear the word dandy, what do you think of?<p>Maybe the song "Yankee Doodle Dandy," which dates all the way back to the Revolutionary War, and compares the colonists to foppish, effeminate idiots: the dandies.<p>But a summer exhibit at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, closing Aug. 18, aims to reclaim the term. It explores dandyism through the ages, linking to the cutting edge of men's fashion and style. The name of the show is "Artist, Rebel, Dandy: Men of Fashion" — which does still leave you wondering what you might see.<br /> Sat, 03 Aug 2013 22:29:00 +0000Jacki Lyden20216 at http://publicradioeast.orgBespoke Suits And Perfect Cravats At 'Dandy' ExhibitObama Lays Out Africa Planhttp://publicradioeast.org/post/obama-lays-out-africa-plan
Transcript <p>JACKI LYDEN, HOST: <p>Earlier today in South Africa where Nelson Mandela remains in critical condition, President Barack Obama arrived and gave a speech at the University of Cape Town, outlining Africa's increasingly prominent role.<p>PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Progress is also rippled across the African continent. You know, from Senegal to Cote d'Ivoire to Malawi, democracy has weathered strong challenges.Sun, 30 Jun 2013 21:22:00 +0000Jacki Lyden17598 at http://publicradioeast.orgEgyptian Protesters Demand Morsi's Ousterhttp://publicradioeast.org/post/egyptian-protesters-demand-morsis-ouster
Transcript <p>JACKI LYDEN, HOST: <p>It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Jacki Lyden.<p>Once again, Egypt's iconic Tahrir Square has been inundated with hundreds of thousands of protesters.<p>(SOUNDBITE OF CHANTING)<p>LYDEN: This time, they're demanding the resignation of the country's first democratically elected president, just one year after he took office. But President Mohammed Morsi and his Islamist supporters have rejected that demand, and it has led to violent clashes.Sun, 30 Jun 2013 21:22:00 +0000Jacki Lyden17599 at http://publicradioeast.orgSounds From Space, Recorded By An Astronauthttp://publicradioeast.org/post/sounds-space-recorded-astronaut
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield arrived at the International Space Station late last month. He has kept busy updating his Twitter followers about life in space. For those on Earth wondering what space sounds like, Hadfield has recorded the sounds of everyday life aboard the ISS, including a toilet flushing. Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:12:00 +0000Jacki Lyden4864 at http://publicradioeast.orgThe Landscape Art Legacy Of Florida's Highwaymenhttp://publicradioeast.org/post/landscape-art-legacy-floridas-highwaymen
If you traveled by way of Florida's Route 1 in the '60s and '70s, you might have encountered young African-American landscape artists selling oil paintings of an idealized, candy-colored, Kennedy-era Florida. They painted palms, beaches, poinciana trees and sleepy inlets on drywall canvases — and they came to be known as the Highwaymen. The group made thousands of pictures, until the market was saturated, tastes changed, and the whole genre dwindled.<p><strong>Roadside Innovation</strong><p>The story of the Highwaymen is one of beauty and heartbreak.Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:40:00 +0000Jacki Lyden2019 at http://publicradioeast.orgThe Landscape Art Legacy Of Florida's Highwaymen